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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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from Boston, and a thorough serviceis given over the Boston & Suburban lines from Norumbega intothe Boston subway. A charge of 10 cents is made for admission tothe park to all who do not obtain park tickets on the cars. Frompoints where fare on the electric lines is 10 cents for a single ride around trip coupon ticket is sold for 25 cents, one of the coupons ad-mitting the bearer to the park, thus making the charge of admission a single day. A charge of 5 cents is nuule for checking wheels. Theordinary duplicate strap check is used and never since the parkopened has a wheel been lost while in the companys care, and thetotal claims for damage to wheels amount to just $1. The Womens Cottage is a somewhat new feature. Tliis build-ing is exclusively for women, no man being allowed to enter underany pretext. The front pari is an octagon pavilion provided withplenty of comfortable rocking chairs. The rear part is a largeroom fitted with the most approved toilet accommodations, as marble
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liOAT HOt;SK, N0RIIMI1K(;A IAKK. 5 cents to patrons of the cars. Where the single fare is 5 cents around trip ticket with park coupon attached is sold for 15 cents.The tola! attendance at the park last year was frequently 3.500 a dayor about 400,000 for the entire year, of which number fromiio/xx) to 120,000 paid admission at the entrance gate. There hasnever been a serious accident due to this increased Iraflic. The corn- wash basins with open plumbing, looking glasses and rocking chairsand tables. There arc also small iron cots or beds made up withmattress, sheets, pillows, etc., and any mother is at liberty to bringbabies and small children here and put them to sleep. A womanattendant is in charge at all times and if the mother chooses she canleave her baby in charge of the matron, while she enjoys the ihcat- 144 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. (Vol. XIII. No. x rical IT olhiT :iltrncliit at thecollage a portalili- cot for iisv in case of accident,

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